Category: Sustainability

Bladon, the world’s first manufacture of micro turbine gensets (MTGs) for the telecoms market, has signed a production supply agreement with critical power infrastructure operator GRIDSERVE. The multi-million pound, five-year contract launched at the TowerXchange Meetup MENA 2019, will see... Read more

Rhino numbers in South Africa have been dwindling as poachers kill them for their horns. This Business Reporter podcast investigates how technologies are being used to stop this. Every year poachers kill more than 1,000 rhinos in South Africa. But... Read more

For shipping companies, fuel is the biggest expense after employees, and a major contributor to environmental impacts. In fact, maritime transport emits around 1000 million tonnes of CO2 annually and is responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Maritime freight business Stena Line is committed to sustainability... Read more

UK energy regulator Ofgem has approved funding for the world’s biggest trial of commercial electric vehicles (EV) which will test the end-to-end impacts of the roll out of this type of transport on enterprise. The three-year innovation project will involve... Read more

In this edition of Business Reporter we take a look at building the right infrastructure for the UK, why Heathrow expansion is crucial for the UK and delivering sustainable growth. We also take a special look at the innovation for... Read more

Boris Johnson has stressed the need to be “fiscally sensible and responsible” in the approach to public sector pay in the latest sign the Government is not about to embark on a spending spree. Allies of the Foreign Secretary had... Read more

Most graduates will still be paying off student loans into their 50s, and three-quarters will never clear the debt, a new probe has found. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report said that initial gains made by poorer students in... Read more

Dozens of homes in a village will have batteries installed to create a “virtual power plant”, in a trial that aims to boost solar power. Some 40 council homes in Oxspring, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, are to get the battery... Read more

The British Government is urgently seeking information from US officials over accusations that Fiat Chrysler vehicles could be violating pollution laws. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it has contacted the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over claims that the... Read more

Developing a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay could start a “new global industry” for the price of a pint of milk per household per year, the author of a Government-commission report has said. Former energy minister Charles Hendry said lagoons... Read more